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Politics is a proxy for violence, but only so long as the two differing factions trying to share society agree to use that proxy. The past several years, capped off by Tuesday night’s election results, demonstrate that one of the two factions in American politics is no longer interested in a proxy.

Australia is experiencing a significant shift in its view of morality. The “gay conversion therapy” laws now Australia-wide are the exemplar of this. The prevailing narrative grounded in mechanistic thinking has abandoned God and the ethical code embodied in a Christian worldview.

Income splitting is a type of family tax policy that treats the family, rather than the individual, as the basis of taxation. It allows couples to pool and then split their incomes for tax purposes, thus reducing the tax paid on the highest earning partner.

America’s experiment in liberty was possible only because of a Christian moral imagination that valued virtue over license and truth over power. But as that moral foundation weakens, the nation risks forgetting what made it both free and good.

It’s better for the government to have more kids in kindy and more parents at work. It’s a great incentive for the economy — but is it great for our kids? The education system has a greater influence on the formation of our kids than we do as families in those early formative years.

The $US8.5 billion ($A13 billion) deal signed by the two leaders shifts the supply of critical minerals and rare earths away from China while bolstering the commercial and defence industries of Australia and the United States.

Unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state is not an act of justice, but a breach of the very international legal order that created the modern Middle East.

In a recent popular essay, American cultural critic Helen Andrews warned that the feminisation of workplaces, academia and law presents an existential threat to civilisation. Is she correct? And if so, what is the solution?

The great danger of the outrage economy isn’t only that it divides the world. It can also pull our hearts apart, which can convince us that our anger proves our loyalty. But the Gospel calls us to something deeper.

In Western societies, tradition and Christianity have been symbiotic and perhaps for that reason, both are being junked. The disconnect of law and law reform from tradition, Christianity and reason is very evident from current law reform movements.

Christians must see Islam for what it is: a spiritual system that enslaves, not a community of people to despise. The sharper we recognise the chains, the more we must remember the Captive. Every Muslim is someone loved by God.

For fifty years, the national broadcaster has fought to bury a Lateline radio interview celebrating the sexual abuse of minors. Now the ABC's secret pedophile tape is public, and The Daily Declaration has spoken with the whistleblower who exposed it.

When the law changed to allow for mitochondrial donation, I thought we might just have reached the limits of how far we were prepared to manipulate the creation of human life for our own purposes. But I was wrong.

"A National Response to Islamophobia" goes beyond the vital task of addressing discrimination. It also attempts to shape the terms of public conversation, introducing a tendency to equate dissent with hostility.

Leftism properly understood finds its origins in the bloody horrors of the French Revolution, repeated time and time again over the course of the last two-and-a-half centuries of world history.

Is Islam truly poised to surpass Christianity and redefine global culture and politics, or are we mistaking temporary momentum for lasting dominance? The answer could shape the future of both faiths — and influence the course of civilisation — in the decades to come.

Australia is required to hold minimum fuel stocks to last 90 days so as to be in a position to manage energy disruptions and crises, such as war, cyberattacks on energy infrastructure, supply chain disruptions and extreme weather events. Australia on average in 2023-24, held fuel stocks equivalent to 53 IEA days.

An Economist/YouGov survey quizzed Americans on political violence, reporting that 20% of voters who identify as liberal believe that political violence can be “justified”, compared to only 7% of self-described moderates and conservatives.

This is the lure of podcast iconoclasm. It promises clarity by smashing what others hold sacred. It feels bold, even heroic. But the same fire that makes it captivating can also burn through everything that gives public discourse its stability.

What people don’t know – and what senior police won’t tell you – is that a decrease in recorded drug offences correlates directly with reduced police productivity. It does not correlate with reduced drug crime, as police bosses would have you believe.